Children and Young People Mental Health Community Service (CYPS) - Barnet

  • Barnet Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) provide multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people with mental ill-health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties.  Barnet CYPS is an NHS service consisting of five teams which work closely together.

  • Borough(s): Barnet
  • Service Manager (s): Richmond Opoku (Service Lead) Donna Estien (Clinical Lead)
  • Age range treated: 0-17
  • Address:
    Holly Oak,  Edgware Community Hospital,  Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD

Children and Young Peoples Service (CYPS) Access and Generic Team East and West Barnet

The CYPS access team provides a central point of referral for professionals to refer young people with mental health concerns. These referrals may then be discussed with the young person, their family, or the referrer so that the access team to gather all the relevant information and send the referral to the most appropriate team as quickly as possible, or for signposting for other support in the borough. 

Generic CYPS provides assessment, treatment and support to children and young people aged 0-18 years and their families for a range of mental health, behavioural and emotional well-being needs. The service offers a range of individual, family and group-based interventions. There are two Generic CYPS teams within Barnet (East and West).

These services are provided by North London NHS Foundation Trust (with clinics based at):

Address: Holly Oak, Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware HA8 0AD. 
Address: Oak Lane Children’s Centre, Oak Lane, N2 8LT 
Tel:020 8702 4500

Paediatric Liaison

The paediatric liaison team provide specialist mental health provision and consultation for young people and families who are in-patients or out-patients under the care of the paediatric and neonatal services at Barnet Hospital. 

Focus is on improving identification, engagement and providing early, brief and some longer-term interventions to reduce the high levels of psychiatric morbidity in young people with long-term physical illnesses, life threatening medical conditions and in those with medical unexplained symptoms. The team also provide support for staff and families in the case of child deaths, early parent work and support in neonatal units where babies have extreme prematurity or complex medical problems. Paediatric Liaison team run parent groups on neonatal units and have a diabetes service, providing input within multidisciplinary clinics; meetings and 1:1 work with this client group. 

The team provide induction and training for paediatrics around paediatric mental health topics, consultation to the paediatric and neonatal units around complex cases, and act as a liaison between CYPS and the hospital. The team regularly provide liaison input to enhance the safe care, assessment and follow up of young people with self-harm who present to A&E and the ward. We provide clinical presence and consultation at all three weekly psychosocial meetings on the ward and in A&E.

Barnet Adolescent Service (BAS)

Barnet Adolescent Service (BAS) are a specialist team working with young people between the ages of 13 and 17 facing complex, severe or chronic mental health issues. Often these young people find it hard to engage with other services and may be at a higher risk, with complex presentations including chronic self-harm and psychosis. BAS consists of a multi-disciplinary team which includes psychiatrists, psychotherapists, Psychologists, family therapists, nurses and adolescence mental health workers. Most of the team's work is based around talking - this may be with the young person or with members of their family, and/or in a group. Some young people may be offered medication after a psychiatric assessment.


Tel:020 8702 4500
Address: Holly Oak, Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware HA8 0AD. 
 

Barnet Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) in Specialist Schools

A team of Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals support young people in Barnet’s Specialist schools (Pavillion, Meadway and Oak Hill Campus).

Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorder Keyworker Service

What the service does

The Learning Disability/Autistic Spectrum Disorder (LD/ASD) Keyworker Service forms part of the North Central London commitment to ensure that children/young people with Learning Disabilities and/or who are Autistic, with behaviours of concern and complex mental health needs, will have increased access to enhanced support and care, including intensive support/crisis services.

How to access the service

Currently all referrals to the service come through the Dynamic Support Register for the borough in which the young person resides. If you would like to discuss a referral, please refer to the team email address.  

Who the service is for

0-18 years. The Keyworker Service works with children and young people with the most complex needs and their families and carers to make sure families are fully involved in their plans, feel listened to and informed, plans are personalised, and they have the support they need at the right time, in a co-ordinated way.

What to expect

Keyworking should help families experience a reduction in stress, and uncertainty and an increase instability.

Service Manager: Sinclair Jenkins, available 09.00am - 05.00pm 
Tel: 020 8702 6850
Email: nlft.ldasdkeyworkerservice@nhs.net 
Address: Orchard House, St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Rd, London N15 3TH

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